Fisherman Island is a small uninhabited island off the coast of New Zealand. It is contained within
Abel Tasman National Park
Abel Tasman National Park is a national park at the north end of New Zealand's South Island. It covers of land between Golden Bay / Mohua and Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, making it the smallest of National parks of New Zealand, New Zealand's ...
and adjacent to
Motuareronui / Adele Island.
In August 2014, the name of the neighbouring island was officially altered to
Motuareronui / Adele Island. ''Motu'' means island, ''arero'' is a tongue and ''nui'' is big; hence, ''Motuareronui'' literally means the big island shaped like a tongue, which makes Motuareroiti / Fisherman Island (with ''iti'' meaning little) the little island shaped like a tongue; however, in his comprehensive book on natural and cultural history of Abel Tasman National Park, Philip Simpson suggests the two islands are incorrectly named, as follows:
See also
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Desert island
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List of islands
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References
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Islands of the Tasman District
Abel Tasman National Park
Uninhabited islands of New Zealand
Islands of Tasman Bay